Button module
AssigneeASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
InventorsTe-Wei Huang, Zih-Siang Huang, Jhih-Wei Rao, Hung-Chieh Wu, Liang-Jen Lin
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Abstract
A button module is provided. The button module comprises a base, a pressing part, and an elastic part. The pressing part includes a fixed end and a free end. The fixed end is pivotally connected to the base in a first axial direction. The elastic part is disposed on a side of the pressing part facing the base. The elastic part includes a first damping portion and a second damping portion selectively pressing against the base, where a hardness of the first damping portion is different from a hardness of the second damping portion.
Claims13
A button module, comprising:
- a base, comprising a detection surface;
- a pressing part, comprising a fixed end and a free end, the fixed end being pivotally connected to the base in a first axial direction;
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- an elastic part, disposed on a side of the pressing part facing the base, and comprising a first damping portion and a second damping portion selectively pressing against the detection surface, wherein a hardness of the first damping portion is different from a hardness of the second damping portion;
- wherein the elastic part comprises a partition;
- wherein the partition divides the elastic part into a plurality of zones, and the first damping portion and the second damping portion are disposed in the plurality of zones respectively.
A button module, mounted on an electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a detection surface, the button module comprising:
- a base, configured to be fixed on a side of the detection surface;
- a pressing part, comprising a fixed end and a free end, the fixed end being pivotally connected to the base in a first axial direction;
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- an elastic part, disposed on a side of the pressing part facing the detection surface, and comprising a first damping portion and a second damping portion selectively pressing against the detection surface, wherein a hardness of the first damping portion is different from a hardness of the second damping portion;
- wherein the elastic part comprises a partition;
- wherein the partition divides the elastic part into a plurality of zones, and the first damping portion and the second damping portion are disposed in the plurality of zones respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.